The rhyming that happens in the poem deals with exact or slant rhyming. In the text, the rhyming includes text that says: “Was battered on one knuckle (10). As well as, “My right ear scraped a buckle” (12). Knuckle is compared to buckle because it conveys exact rhyming. This examines the way that the child is physically injured during the waltz that he and his father do together. This is something that shows a negative experience to the child that also displays that he is actually aware of some of the actions that happen. To further illustrate this idea, exact rhyming occurs in the text: “With a palm caked hard by dirt” (14). And, “Still clinging to your shirt” (16). In this quote, it refers to exact rhyming how the speaker is beaten so much on the ground that he has dirt covering his palms of his hands. He also is still clinging on to the father’s shirt as he is dragged to bed because he is still looking for some sign of hope that maybe the father still loves him and did not really mean to do what he did. On the other hand, slant rhyming is displayed in the poem with: “Could make a small boy dizzy” (2). As well as, “Such waltzing was not easy” (4). The author makes this comparison so that the reader will be able to understand the situation that is presented. In other words, this quote explains how the father is very intoxicated and it is difficult for the son to be able to keep up with the pace that the father is making
The rhyming that happens in the poem deals with exact or slant rhyming. In the text, the rhyming includes text that says: “Was battered on one knuckle (10). As well as, “My right ear scraped a buckle” (12). Knuckle is compared to buckle because it conveys exact rhyming. This examines the way that the child is physically injured during the waltz that he and his father do together. This is something that shows a negative experience to the child that also displays that he is actually aware of some of the actions that happen. To further illustrate this idea, exact rhyming occurs in the text: “With a palm caked hard by dirt” (14). And, “Still clinging to your shirt” (16). In this quote, it refers to exact rhyming how the speaker is beaten so much on the ground that he has dirt covering his palms of his hands. He also is still clinging on to the father’s shirt as he is dragged to bed because he is still looking for some sign of hope that maybe the father still loves him and did not really mean to do what he did. On the other hand, slant rhyming is displayed in the poem with: “Could make a small boy dizzy” (2). As well as, “Such waltzing was not easy” (4). The author makes this comparison so that the reader will be able to understand the situation that is presented. In other words, this quote explains how the father is very intoxicated and it is difficult for the son to be able to keep up with the pace that the father is making